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Dienhart: Instant 2015-16 schedule analysis

By Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer -
3 years ago

The Big Ten announced its 2015-16 conference football schedules on Monday morning. It’s difficult to know which teams will be good this far in advance, but it’s always fun to think about the future. BTN.com senior writer Tom Dienhart breaks down the 2015-16 Big Ten schedules in this post. What are some of the top cross-division games? Which teams don’t play during the 2015-16 seasons? And which teams benefit the most from these schedules?

Purdue gets a break by not having to deal with the Michigan schools—and Nebraska. Northwestern also has to be smiling over the prospect of not having to play the Buckeyes, Nittany Lions or Badgers. And Iowa has to like missing Ohio State and Wisconsin, though the Badgers are a rival.

Michigan and Michigan State will open vs. each other in 2015-16, which will be a nice table setter to the league season that will begin for each school on the first Saturday in October.

End-of-season foes won’t change for any schools.

Divisional play with eight-league games means that schools will go four years without playing a Big Ten foe. After meeting this fall, the following schools won’t play from 2013-16: